diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
index c56eef31961d..7b43845d23f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     moveToOutput bin/pcre-config "$dev"
   ''
     + optionalString (variant != null) ''
-    ln -sf -t "$out/lib/" '${pcre.out}'/lib/libpcre{,posix}.so.*.*.*
+    ln -sf -t "$out/lib/" '${pcre.out}'/lib/libpcre{,posix}.{so.*.*.*,*dylib}
   '';
 
   crossAttrs = optionalAttrs (stdenv.cross.libc == "msvcrt") {